Aguinaldo defiance noted as insurgents require force
Across multiple dispatches on July 30 the era's naval and military leaders report progress in the war in Cuba and the Philippines. Merritt commands Manila Bay movement and troop readiness, Wilson named military governor of Ponce, and the Maria Teresa is to be salvaged and repaired at Guantanamo Bay. The Dodge City band will join Terry's Rough Riders, while fires and ship captures add to a busy front.
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Washington, D. C
Navy Department
Sampson
Pueblo
Col
Dodge City
Gen. Terry
Rough Riders
Married His Own Sister in a Desperate Case
A petition for divorce in Council Bluffs Iowa reveals a man discovered his wife was his sister after years of marriage and two children. He left a note with proofs and vanished, never to be seen again. The item also lists multiple unrelated regional notices from Pittsburg to New York.
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Council Bluffs, Ta
Mary Ward
Ward
Business optimism grows as western markets lead returns
Bradstreet's notes improving peace prospects lifting trade outlook, with solid returns mainly from the west and rising demand in iron steel and shipbuilding plate. Cereals weaker on cash prices amid abundant world supplies, while textiles remain clouded and wool sales slow. Local sensational report from Marion notes a horsewhipping incident involving Mrs. Nixon and Joshua Wood.
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New York
Bradstreet's
United States
Shafter Denies War Department Interference in Campaign
Major General Shafter states the U S war department did not influence his campaign and would bear sole fault if it failed. He clarifies no conflict with General Garcia and downplays tension with Senor Ros over civil administration of Santiago de Cuba, noting Ros seeks supreme civil authority after the July 18 paper establishing provisional government.
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Santiago
Shafter
United States War Department
War Department
Ben
Department
Garcia
Himsef
Senor Ros
Antiago
General Shafter
Santiago de Cuba
Presient McKintey
Uni d
Dons to be sent home as Spanish prisoners await voyage
General Shafter arranges to repatriate Spanish troops from Santiago. Transport ships from Cadiz and Martinique head to Cuba with 14 000 capacity. 22 000 prisoner plan noted. American orders allow soldiers from Manganillo to bring wives and children to Spain at government expense. about 770 women and children involved.
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Washington
Hecker
War Department
Spain
Shatter
Santiago
Isla Luzon
Panaya
Cadiz
Aliante
St. Augustine
Martinique
Bantiago de Cuba
General Shafter
Manganillo
Manzanillo
Blanco
Tensions with Senor Ros in Cuba and Santiago cleanup progress
The report details friction between Senor Ros and General Shafter over personnel changes in Cuba, noting Ros obeyed orders despite murmuring. It also describes Santiago’s cleanup campaign with 200 carts removing debris, birning piles of rubbish, and the arrival of the steamer Philadelphia. Plans include possibly moving Spanish officers' families from Manzanillo by schooner under a flag of truce. Additional items cover counterfeit coin bust in Anderson Indiana and labor demand in Harshaw Wisconsin.
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Land
Senor Ros
General Shafter
Shafer
Genral Shafter
Santiago
Wood
Philadelphia
Ward Line
Shafter
Manezanillo
Manzanillo
Great Britain Holds Large Fleet of Torpedo Boats
A 1924-era note reports Great Britain maintains 294 torpedo boats and torpedo boat destroyers. In a separate item, Dr. William Pepper of Philadelphia died suddenly of heart trouble in San Francisco.
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Great Britain
William Pepper
Philadelphia
San Francisco
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Aguinaldo
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Didly
Miles
Gen. Wilson
Ponce
Atlantic City
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Miss Allen
Senor Romero
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American Flint Glass Workers’ Union
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Iron and Paste Mold Department
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Here
Thomas Manning
Fort Wayne
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Bass Foundry and Machine Works
Riblett
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Chicago, Burlington and Quincey Railroad
Lost Sisters of Charity
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Maywood
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Middletown Fair
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McCormick
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Hi Aquaintances
Harshaw, Wis
Harshaw
Henry McDonald
O'Day & Co
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Hazelhurst
THE
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Washington, Iowa
Auditor OF State
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Leatieites
G. H. Pratt
Optician
Hime
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King Bird
Pallester
Portuondo
Tansill
Gates
Key West
la Flor de Mayo
Win Smouse & Co
Win. Smouse & Co
J. B. Lewis Co
Lewis
Harwood
National Bank
Washington,owa
Does & General Banking Business
J. 1 Young
W. R.iaferey
A. Anderson
Cash
J.T. Anderson
Washington County Savings Bank
Washington,owawa
Jos. Krok
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A. H. Wallace
Joseph Keck
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Frank Stewart
J. Fr. Henderson
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Ofpson
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Lowa
T. T. Keeley
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H. Sanford
T. J. Dempsey
R. F. Riley
Royal
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